In one work by this author, a man named R.J. Bowman who works for a shoe company stays at a rural home after crashing his car into a ravine. In another of her works, a woman named Phoenix Jackson travels into town to pick up 
In one work by this author, a man named R.J. Bowman who works for a shoe company stays at a rural home after crashing his car into a ravine. In another of her works, a woman named Phoenix Jackson travels into town to pick up medicine for her grandson. In addition to "A (*) Worn Path", this author wrote a story in which arguments involving a pink kimono and the child of Stella Rondo lead to the narrator living at the title establishment. This author also wrote a novel in which Laurel Hand returns to New Orleans after her father Judge McKelva has retina surgery. For 10 points, name this author of "Why I Live at the P.O." and The Optimist's Daughter.
In one work by this author, a man named R.J. Bowman who works for a shoe company stays at a rural home after crashing his car into a ravine.
Eudora {Welty}